OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Second Sundays: Storm Cloud

Event
A watercolor and pencil sketch test with grey and white clouds.

Sun., Nov. 10, 2024, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Free with general admission

Kids/Families

Brown Garden Lawn, Boone Gallery

Admission Tickets
Get in touch with nature and explore the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” through artmaking, musical performances, and talks with curators at this all-ages event.

Musical Performance

Enjoy synthesizer music from electronic composer and sound artist Jeremiah Chiu, as he incorporates natural sounds into his live performance.

Brown Garden Lawn, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Community Dye Pot

Learn all about utilizing plants as natural dyes with textile artist and California naturalist Erin Berkowitz. Learn how to dye your own bandana or bring in a previously loved clothing item to reinvent with a new color!

Brown Garden Lawn, 11 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Nature Journaling

Develop your skills as a naturalist and create your own journal, where you can record your observations, questions, and explanations for all things natural!


Brown Garden Lawn, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Curator Talks

Join Huntington curators Karla Nielsen and Kristen Anthony for an in-depth look at our new “Storm Cloud” exhibition.

Boone Gallery, noon–1 p.m.

A person on a horse looks in the distance at an iron works surrounded by mountains.
An engraving of an open plain with wisps of clouds above.
A color sketch of lavender flower with bugs at its base.
A painting of buildings high up on a distant mountain cliff.
A lithograph of people in various dress attire from the 1840s.
A large plume of black smoke rises in the distance while a person seems to stand nearby.
A black-and-white photograph of a mountain range with a waterfall in the middle.
Dark clouds partially obscure golden sunlight, with a mountain and river in the distance.
A person on a horse looks in the distance at an iron works surrounded by mountains.
An engraving of an open plain with wisps of clouds above.
A color sketch of lavender flower with bugs at its base.
A painting of buildings high up on a distant mountain cliff.
A lithograph of people in various dress attire from the 1840s.
A large plume of black smoke rises in the distance while a person seems to stand nearby.
A black-and-white photograph of a mountain range with a waterfall in the middle.
Dark clouds partially obscure golden sunlight, with a mountain and river in the distance.

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (French‐British, 1740–1812), Iron Works of Coalbrook Dale in The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, 1805, aquatint in printed book, 15 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Thomas Forster (British, 1789–1860), Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena, 1815, colored engraving in printed book, 9 1/16 x 5 3/4 in. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Mary Parker Macclesfield (British, ca. 1761–1823), botanical sketchbook, 1756–67, watercolor on parchment, 9 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848), Portage Falls on the Genesee, ca. 1839, oil on canvas, 84 1/4 x 61 1/4 in. Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Francis Michelin (American, 1809 or 1810–1878), Scott’s European Fashions, for the Summer 1848. No. 146 Broadway, New York, 1848, lithograph with hand coloring, 18 3/4 x 23 3/8 in. Jay T. Last Collection.  | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Unknown, Oil Well Fire, ca. 1920s, photograph, 5 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.  | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Carleton Watkins (American, 1829–1916), Yosemite Falls “front view” (plate 30) in Yo-semite Valley/Photographic Views of the Falls and Valley of Yo‐semite in Mariposa County, California, 1861, albumen print, 19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900), Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica, 1867, oil on canvas, 48 3/8 x 84 5/8 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut. The Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection. | Image courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.

A young girl and adult man smile as they smell colorful roses in a garden.

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A black and white image of a smoke cloud rising from the ground with a person walking away.

“Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis”

Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | “Storm Cloud” analyzes the impact of industrialization and a globalized economy on everyday life from 1780 to 1930, as charted by scientists, artists, and writers, and contextualizes the current climate crisis within this historical framework.

About “Storm Cloud”

The exhibition has been made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art & Science Collideinitiative.

Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returned in September 2024 with more than 70 exhibitions from museums and other institutions across the region, all exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty.For more information, visit PST ART: Art & Science Collide